
Said I Loved You But I Lied
Mutt Lange co-wrote the twist, twelve weeks atop adult contemporary, and Bolton insisting the word love undersells it.

Mutt Lange co-wrote the twist, twelve weeks atop adult contemporary, and Bolton insisting the word love undersells it.

Number one in Australia, top ten in Britain, and Neon Hitch trading verses with McCoy over Benny Blanco's beat.

Written for Gwen Stefani, who passed, then offered to Nicole Scherzinger before Snow Patrol reclaimed it with Jacknife Lee.

Paul Stanley and Michael Bolton co-wrote the ballad that returned Kiss to the Top 40 after eleven years away.

A Shalamar interpolation, six weeks atop Rhythmic Airplay, and only JC Chasez singing despite the full NSYNC credit.

Stargate handed Khalifa a pop-radio beat, and he answered with a promise of devotion; number thirteen in Britain and America.

Kamin wrote it after a funeral, imagining the widower left behind; it then held Adult Top 40 for twenty-three weeks.

Richard Marx wrote it for a girl group, rewrote the harmonies for five men, and topped adult contemporary thirteen weeks.

Twenty years old when Sha Sha arrived, Kweller later played this one through a nosebleed at Austin City Limits.

Long Island power pop, written overnight for the girlfriend Hampson later married, cut in Atlanta with Nick DiDia.
Written in 1934 and revived by a crowded field of 1950 covers; Como's held number one for eight weeks.
Paco de Lucía's flamenco guitar runs through it, cut for Don Juan DeMarco, and it held number one five weeks.

Rave-ready synths at 140 BPM, dubstep bolted onto a vow of devotion, with Big Sean guesting.

Sting International stitched The Joker to Angel of the Morning, and Rayvon sang the hook to a number one.

Iglesias pictured a prom slow dance while writing it; he sang it on America: A Tribute to Heroes.

Brad Arnold and the band shot the video aboard the USS George Washington, then held Mainstream Rock seventeen weeks.
Cetera sketched the chords in three hours for Kenny Rogers, who declined; Chicago kept it and hit number three.

Cut at John Alagia's home studio in Maryland, it topped Adult Pop Songs for nine weeks and became a wedding standard.

Three weeks at number one, a Bahamas video, and Hayes and Lewis making long-term commitment sound like a holiday.

Bill Luther and Aimee Mayo's ballad for A Place in the Sun, and McGraw took it to country number one.

Peretti, Creatore and Weiss built the melody on a 1784 French air, and UB40 held number one for seven weeks.

Jim Peterik of Survivor co-wrote it with Barnes and Carlisi, and it gave the band their first top ten.

Nicholas cut it from Joe's 1997 album over label meddling, then pulled it off the shelf for The Wood.

Cut at Ardent Studios in Memphis, re-recorded in 1997 for the band's second album, and a number eleven hit.

J.T. Taylor's lead vocal, six weeks atop adult contemporary, and a ballad that never left the wedding playlist.
Rejected as the Rocky IV end title, rerouted to The Karate Kid Part II, and two weeks at number one.
Diane Warren's first number one, written with Albert Hammond for Mannequin and sung like the odds were nothing.

Rejected by her label for the first album, it resurfaced on Whaler and spent six weeks atop adult contemporary.

Barry Manilow produced Warwick's Arista debut, and this Kerr and Jennings ballad won her a 1980 Grammy.

Josh Alexander played every instrument on it, and Billy Steinberg's melodic instincts date back to Like a Virgin.

Twain got the idea at a soccer match in Italy; Bryan White sang the original duet version.

Written for Cynthia Rhodes while she filmed in South Africa, turned down by Streisand, then three weeks at number one.

Leo Friedman's tune, Beth Slater Whitson's words, and a 1911 quartet disc now in the National Recording Registry.

Donna Lewis lifted the chorus from an H.E. Bates novel and spent nine weeks at number two behind Macarena.
Wade wrote it in about five minutes, and it never hit number one yet finished 2001 as America's biggest single.

Mayo and Lindsey wrote it while falling for each other, and eight weeks at country number one followed.